South Korea: Central government debt
Millions of local currency · 1911–2024 · 101 observations · forecasts to 2026 · cgovdebt
- 2024
- 1,150 trillionlocal currency
- Change on 2023
- +5.1%year on year
- Average growth, 2014–2024
- +8.6%a year
Central government debt
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Recent values
Millions of local currency
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,327,000,000 | Forecast |
| 2025 | 1,229,000,000 | Forecast |
| 2024 | 1,148,000,000 | |
| 2023 | 1,092,000,000 | |
| 2022 | 1,033,000,000 | |
| 2021 | 939,100,000 | |
| 2020 | 819,200,000 | |
| 2019 | 699,000,000 | |
| 2018 | 651,800,000 | |
| 2017 | 627,400,000 | |
| 2016 | 591,900,000 | |
| 2015 | 556,500,000 |
Sources
This series is derived from other GMD variables.
Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →
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